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Gabion Retaining Walls are INEXPENSIVE & SUPER COOL!
Hey everybody, Micah, the Outdoor Living Guy – here with another Tuesday Tip for you. This one is on Gabion Walls and why to put a Gabion Wall into your Outdoor Space. Well, there’s a lot to it – we’re gonna talk all about it in this video so enjoy.
Gabion Walls
First, they are inexpensive, they look cool, and they are not traditional as far as walls are concerned. You see different walls in different neighborhoods and some of them look pretty ugly and worse, they don’t hold up long term and need to be replaced. The ones here, Gabion Walls are the best of both worlds.
They look nice, a little bit sleek, they’re not the norm and they add a little bit of a contemporary look to your landscape. Sometimes, with a very traditional house and a very traditional landscape, adding a modern feel adds to the overall landscape aesthetic. They showcase the rest of the space while blending in.
Benefits of the Gabion Walls
The name Gabion is obtained from the Italian word for cage. It is usually a wire container filled with rocks or concrete. They can form structures used to stabilize against erosion or in the case of this landscape design, mirror and blend old quarry rock walls with new gabion rock walls.
Fun Bench in the Middle
A fun detail here in this gabion wall – a built in bench. This really cool bench adds interest and a destination. A reason to head outside, pick out a seat – watch the kids play in the lawn. We love this detail. There is another bench built into the old quarry rock wall up higher on the trail to the house.
We hope you can see this gabion wall video gives you the ability to add ‘wall space’ to your landscape design. So, our Tuesday Tip on Gabion Walls in Wire – highly recommends why you should consider them for your backyard enjoyment.
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32 Comments
Great info on Gabion Walls. Thank u.
I need a long gabion wall (> 200 feet). My main worry is that a long stretch will look unappealing. The bench shown in the video is a good suggestion.
Gabion fits right in with that Outdoor Living Space. Very nice.
Wow great vid Micah and team. Amazing editing 👌🏽👌🏽Love the way this property turned out it’s super unique.
I love your work and videos! You have Given me numerous of ideas. Thanks 🙏🏾
Inexpensive????
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Where can you buy the cages from?
how to build a curved gabion wall when face curve in convex
That is the ugliest yard I have ever seen.
INEXPENSIVE AND SUPER UGLY XD
Nice video ….. I’m trying to design and retaining wall for the backyard/ patio. How or where can I learn more about Gabion walls??
looks are poor compared to dry wall and its life is as long as the wires that hold it ie. 20 or 30 years max. Dry walls last forever if built properly.
It’s hideous and cheap looking taking away from the natural beauty of natural dry laid stone masonry. The cages will rust over time and the fact that the rocks are just pored into the cage shows it has no actual structural integrity the cage holds everything in place once the cage is compromised with will take about 10 years the structure will fail
How thick should a 4 ft tall gabion retaining wall be?
Where do you get the cages for these gabion walls
Why would you do Gabion walls? SO WE CAN GET HALF-LIFE 3!
Love your ideas
It would have helped to see more detail on how they are built and the strength factor. They work as a retaining wall. Explain that more.
man this wall look damn ugly , dont know which idiot thought of it
Don’t the metal mesh rust?
Aside from asthetics, what are the benefits of building this type of wall? can they be used for actual retention of soil if there's an erosion problem or is it just a light duty kind of solution?
How can I keep these walls from growing weeds and does the wire get to be quite dangerous in a few years.
Is this wall level on top? Can you put planter boxes on top of it? Thank you.
Ok it's a gabion wall. And you can add a bench. It's different than other walls. Thanks for that info.
snake central
What do you use for fasteners? And prevention of bowing?
It attracts way to many bugs and critters. Even with pest control.
The most boring uneducational video on YouTube. Don't waste your time.
thank you
So ugly
I really don’t understand why you would go that route with all the rack wall options. And I do not think it’s a good looking system. Looks like one big weed problem to me.